Citrus Heights Sentinel
Heights Church, residents work together to improve Mariposa Elementary
By Sara Beth Williams– A Citrus Heights neighborhood association and a local church have partnered together to help bring a new community resource room to Mariposa Elementary.
ARCO, car wash interested in pair of vacant Citrus Heights restaurants
By Mike Hazlip— The vacant China Buffet building and former Marie Callender’s restaurant on Sunrise Boulevard are both being eyed for future use by ARCO as well as a car wash, but such auto-centered uses in that area…
Citrus Heights opens two cooling centers thru Sept. 7, amid heat wave
Sentinel staff report– Amid projections of triple-digit heat in the region, the City of Citrus Heights said Tuesday that a pair of cooling centers will temporarily open from Aug. 31 through Sept. 7, 2022.
Sunrise Mall hosting traveling circus from Sept. 1-12
Sentinel staff report– The Las Vegas-based Circus Caballero will be set up outside Sunrise Mall from Sept. 1-12, with daily showtimes except on Tuesdays.
September: Here’s 10 events happening in Citrus Heights
By Sara Beth Williams– Events are finally making a full comeback in Citrus Heights this month, with September including a traveling circus at the mall, the showing of a new play at Theatre in the Heights, Sunday Funday…
Groundbreaking ceremony held for Mesa Verde High School’s new stadium
By Sara Beth Williams– Hundreds of Mesa Verde High School students, alumni and staff gathered together on Aug. 30 along with several City Council members and school district board members for the ground breaking ceremony on Mesa Verde’s…
Citrus Heights business owner shares his story from poverty to success
By Mike Hazlip– Uddhav “Gary” Giri, longtime owner of the Valero gas station at Auburn Boulevard and Antelope Road, started out his life in a remote village in Nepal, before coming to the U.S. and working his way…
Most Citrus Heights schools continue to see enrollment decline
By Sara Beth Williams– Student enrollment post-COVID has declined at the majority of Citrus Heights public schools and across California, but the actual numbers are hard to pin down. According to enrollment data published in The Sacramento Bee…
Citrus Heights News Briefs: Circus, night work, senior housing, kitchen
Latest local news briefs include a new circus coming Sunrise Mall in September, night work continuing on Auburn Boulevard, a plan moving forward for senior housing, and a new business opening up at a ghost kitchen in Citrus…
Video shows inside look at Metro Fire battling recent blaze on rooftop
Sentinel staff report– An intense, 90-second video was posted by Metro Fire on Wednesday, showing helmet camera footage of firefighters responding to an Aug. 23 apartment fire in Citrus Heights.
